Improvement in churn-dashers



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IMPROVEMENT IN CHURN-DASEERS, @oA- The Schedule referred to In these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS T. NEWEIJL, of- Geneva, State of Ohio, have invented certainn'ew and useful Improvements in Uhuru-Dashers, of which the following is a specilieation.

The first part of my invention relates to the form of vthemain dash, which is' constructed in such a man-` ner on its upper surface as'will, when operating vertically through the cream or milk, be capable of imparting to the creamor milka rotary motion, which rotary motion ot' the cream, together with the vertical motion of toe dasher, will cause the butter to be made more quickly, by reason of' a greater action on the globules containing the butter being effected by such a rotating ofthe cream.

The second part of my invention relates to formiu' g in the under side ofthe main dash, air-cells, that shall be capable of not only carrying air frein above down into thecream or milk being operated npon,butshall also tend, by the form of the said cells,ito discharge the air from such cells into the cream to further act upon the globules of. butter.

The third part of my invention relates to supplel mental-y dashers attached to and acting with the main dash, and formed in such a manner as to be capable, in the downwardl stroke of the dash, of compressing and forcing through the said supplementary dashes the cream and milk, while'in raising, they will tend to part, through therefrom, and greatly agitate the cream.`

.In the drawing- A represents the main dash of a churn, provided with an eye to receive the usual stali or handle.

vB vBxare the wings of the said dasher, which wings have tlieir'uppersurfacesso formed that they will be beveled or sloped up from their lower edge at one side to the top on the other edge. These beveled or sloping surfaces b'may be perfectly flat or level, or may be slightly convex or concave, so long as the said bevel or slope is maintained. A dash may be made to consist of several of these wings B.

Into the lower surfaces of the wings B I form airrcceptacles or chambers c, iig. 1, which chambers will carry the air down into the body of the cream, and, by the pressure of the duid and the rotary motion imparted to the same, the'air carried b y the said c hambers c will hc discharged into the mass Aand permeate the same. y

C C are supplementary dashers, which are of triangular pyramidal form', and truncated at its'top, and perforated, 'as shown in iig. 2, on their outside, while their under and inner sides are the same, and

wider at their bases than the openings inthe top, so p as to tend to contract or compress the iiuid to` be acted upon, and to cause it to jut or boil up when worked vertically down, and when raised up` will cast off thevin'id from its sides, and cause the crea-m to pour into the openings in the top. Should the dashes C have given to them a round, conical, or oval conical form, orv any angular or other form, with a wider base than opening, the result would be substantially` the same. V

I also construct or finish my-dasher with a glazed surface, either by making them \of glass or glazed earthen ware, orofiron, and enamelingthe same, sothat the surfaces in contact with the milk or cream will not be effected by or itself affect the said milk or cream.

The dashes O may be connected with the main dash A by means of the arms d, as shown in figs. l and 2, or in any other suitable manner, so long as the said dashes C shall not be placed above theline of the upper surfaces' of the wings B and over the same.

The manne'r in which this dasher operates with the milk or cream being operated upon is as follows:

.y The dasher being forced down vertically, causes the cream to raise upon the beveled surface b, as shown by arrows in ig.2, and give to the cream a rotating motion.

The air-chambers c, at the samel time, carry air from above down into the fluid, where it -is worked into the cream, and permeates the same, thereby further increasing the agitation of the milk being operated upon.

lhe supplementary dashes C, in their downward course through the cream, gather in and contract the same, andcause it to jut y'or boil up, thereby in creasing the agitation of the cream, while their upward course through the fluid will operate the same in a reversed manner. Y

I do not claim as my invention the-forcing of air into the cream in any manner, asforcing the air into A the cream or milk, by means of tubes and valves, have been used; also by means of supplementary dashes placed above the main dashes, either from the staff or from the main dash, none of which I claim, for in my invention I use the air-chamber when only placed beneath the main dash, as hasbcen described.. v Hav-ing described my invention,

IVhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A dash, A, constructed with wings B, furnishedI with bevelcdor slopingupper surfaces b, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The air-chamber c, when formed in the under side of the wings of the main dash A, substantially as and for the purpose'set forth.

3. The supplementary dashers C, constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LEWIS 'l. NEWELL.

Witnesses ALEX. SELKIRK, CHARLES SELKIRK. 

